The Paul Ambrose
Scholars Program exposes health professions students to influential public
health professionals and prepares them to be leaders in addressing population
health challenges at the national and community level. This unique program
provides mini-grant funds for students to implement a Healthy People 2020
Leading Health Indicators focused project within a student's community or at
their academic institution.

This year’s Student
Leadership Symposium will be held Friday, June 26th-Sunday, June 28th. Scholars
must be in attendance for the full length of the symposium.

Please visit our
website at www.aptrweb.org/paspto learn more
about the Paul Ambrose Scholars Program and to access the online application.

The
Paul Ambrose Scholars Program is a collaborative initiative between the
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the Office of
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP).

Continuing Education is now available for modules in the Public Health Learning Modules series, free of charge, to educators and students at www.aptrweb.org/learningmodules. CE credit is available for medicine, nursing, pharmacy, PT/OT, social work and public health (CPH CE).

APTR, Temple University and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) launched the Public Health Learning Modules to provide innovative teaching materials that are easily-accessible and easily integrated into existing curricula. The 18 Modules can be used individually to supplement an existing course or combined to create a stand-alone course for the education of undergraduate, graduate and/or professional students. Each module includes PowerPoint slides, video lectures, in-class activities, student assessments, and an instructor's guide. Several modules include case studies to demonstrate practical use and associated challenges of implementing health policy to accomplish Healthy People 2020 goals.

This activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) and APTR for the advancement of patient care. Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. APTR is a pre-approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

Fifteen modules can now be completed for CE credit. This activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) and APTR for the advancement of patient care. Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. APTR is a pre-approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

This tool will
help state decision makers prioritize and select from a suite of 12 effective
motor vehicle injury prevention interventions. It is designed to calculate the
expected number of injuries prevented and lives saved at the state level, as
well as the costs of implementation, while taking into account the state’s
available resources.

Applications for
the 2015 term are due by March 3rd.

The National Cancer Institute
(NCI), the largest of the 27 institutes and centers comprising the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), is the Federal Government's principal agency for
cancer research and training. The NCI coordinates the National Cancer
Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information
dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis,
prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the
continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.

The NCI recognizes that
health information dissemination is key to raising public awareness about new
cancer treatments, support for cancer patients and their families, and
prevention strategies. To that end, in 1975 the NCI established the
Health Communications Internship Program (HCIP) to attract and develop individuals interested in careers in health
communications and science writing.

The HCIP gives highly
qualified graduate students and recent graduate degree recipients the
opportunity to participate in vital health and science communications projects
in one of the many offices that make up the NCI. Interns will select an
area of emphasis: Health Communications or Science Writing.
Six-month and one-year internship terms are available.

Successful Health
Communications applicants have some science background as well as
experience and/or education in any of the following areas: public health,
epidemiology, public relations, health education, communications, science
writing, statistics, social marketing, or journalism. Health
Communications interns:

Gain
experience in pre-testing and evaluating cancer prevention and treatment
messages, publications, materials, and programs that reach the American
public

Participate
in professional meetings and training seminars

Successful Science
Writing applicants have a science background with the ability to
translatecomplex scientific
conceptsintomaterialsuitable for a lay audience.Science
Writing interns:

Write
fact sheets and press releases

Answer
inquiries from the press

Attend
and report on scientific meetings

Write
feature length, creative articles on the latest, most important advances
in cancer research

Participate
in professional meetings and training seminars

Additional information about
this program including an online application can be found by visiting http://hcip.nci.nih.gov.
If you would like hard copies of a program brochure to distribute or display,
please reply to this e-mail with your mailing address and the number of copies
you would like sent.

If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact us at HCIP-Contact@mail.nih.gov.
If you are no longer the contact person for this program at your
university/organization, please let us know and provide updated
information.

Thank you for your continued
support of the NCI’s Health Communications Internship Program.

APTR announces the availability of continuing field placements for Preventive Medicine and Primary Care residents based at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health within the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

This opportunity is available for preventive medicine residents with a specialty in general preventive medicine/ public health, occupational medicine, or aerospace medicine. Primary care residents with demonstrated interest in prevention, public health, or health policy are also invited to apply.

This 90-minute webinar will be led by the ActingAssistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Karen DeSalvo, who will be joined by experts from CDC and NIH. We'll also highlight the work of Live Smoke Free in St. Paul, MN, and its focus on smoke-free multi-housing units.

Each year, APTR honors the most distinguished individuals and programs in the field of prevention and public health education. Through their dedication, the awardees exemplify the goal of advancing education and serving the community. The APTR Awards are presented during the APTR annual meeting Teaching Prevention during the APTR Awards Ceremony and Luncheon. Deadline is Wednesday, January 7, 2015.

Duncan Clark Award

F. Marian Bishop Educator of the Year

Outstanding Educational Program Award

APTR Rising Star Award

Special Recognition Award

For more information and descriptions of the Awards listed above, including details about the specific nomination requirements for each one, please visit theAPTR Awardspage.

]]>APTR ActivitiesTue, 2 Dec 2014 19:44:08 GMTFormer APTR Fellow to become Acting CDC Country Director in Liberia http://www.aptrweb.org/news/202635/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/202635/Former APTR fellow, Dr. Daniel Singer, is stepping into the Ebola fight. Dr. Singer will transition to Liberia this month where he will serve as acting CDC Country Director to oversee efforts and set up the next stage of the outbreak response.Dr. Singer is currently the Public Health Systems Branch Chief in the CDC Global AIDS Program in Malawi. He is also a Captain in the United States Public Health Service.

Prior to moving to Malawi, Dr. Singer served 4 years as Associate Director for Global Health Research and International Activities at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Singer also served as the Senior Medical Policy Advisor for the Avian Influenza Action Group at the U.S. Department of State. This office was charged with interagency coordination of all U.S. international activities pertaining to avian and pandemic influenza. Dr. Singer was also a liaison from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Global Health Affairs to the State Department.

Previously, Dr. Singer served as the Eighth Luther Terry Fellow and Senior Clinical Advisor in the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion through a fellowship sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. During that time, he coordinated interagency health policy initiatives on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Surgeon General.In addition, he was a staff physician at Bread for the City, a community health clinic providing care to underserved populations in central Washington, DC.

Prior to coming to Washington, Dr. Singer served two years as an officer of the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has worked in multiple countries on four continents in both clinical and public health capacities. He is the recipient of the Secretary of Health’s Award for Distinguished Service, the Secretary of State’s Award for Superior Service, and a Certificate of Commendation from the U.S. Surgeon General.

Dr. Singer received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He did his clinical residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland and completed his Masters in Public Health in International Health at Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Singer lives in Malawi with his wife and three children.He is originally from Baltimore, Maryland.

]]>APTR ActivitiesTue, 28 Oct 2014 17:16:01 GMTApplication Cycle Now Open for the 2015-16 APTR-ODPHP Health Policy Residency Rotation Programhttp://www.aptrweb.org/news/198078/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/198078/APTR announces the
availability of continuing field placements for Preventive Medicine and Primary
Care residents based at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (ODPHP) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
within the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).

Application Timeline:

The APTR-ODPHP Health
Policy Residency Rotation Program provides excellent learning opportunities in health policy for preventive medicine and
primary care residents. Residents witness federal health policy in the making
and consider the significant role of physicians in the process. During the
rotation, residents have the opportunity to work on national preventive health
initiatives as well as attend meetings
and briefings with high-level policy makers and other prevention-related events
in the Washington, DC area.

This opportunity is available for preventive medicine residents with a
specialty in general preventive medicine/ public health, occupational medicine,
or aerospace medicine. Primary care residents with demonstrated interest in
prevention, public health, or health policy are also invited to apply.

APTR is pleased to announce that it received 114 applications for one
Preventive Medicine and Public Health Fellowship opportunity based at the CDC
Public Health Practice and Policy Branch located in Atlanta, GA.

The Fellowship is titled "Interprofessional Education Approach to
Develop Public Health Practice & Policy" and will begin in February
2015.

We are seeking APTR member faculty to serve as Objective Reviewers for these
applications. Reviewers will receive instructions via email to review and score
their assigned applications online. Each application should take approximately
15 minutes to score using the online Objective Review Form.

The reviewer scores will be due on Monday, October 27, 2014. Reviewers will
receive between 2 and 4 applications. Your participation in this important
activity will ensure that students who are selected for these programs are the
very best candidates, equipped to serve federal agencies and make contributions
to the field.

To volunteer as an
APTR Faculty Objective Reviewer for this cycle email Katy Hamlin at klh@aptrweb.org to
confirm that you are willing to review.

We
at APTR thank you in advance for your commitment to our training programs.

The APTR-CDC Preventive Medicine and Public Health Fellowship Program was
established in 1995 to provide preventive medicine and public health students
and graduates leadership experience in public health practice and policy and
training with leading experts in the field of preventive medicine and public
health. For more information about the fellowships and eligibility
requirements, please visit: www.aptrweb.org/cdcfellowships

]]>APTR ActivitiesThu, 9 Oct 2014 20:39:46 GMTAPTR Releases 4 New Public Health Learning Moduleshttp://www.aptrweb.org/news/197010/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/197010/Four new educational modules based on Health People 2020 goals and objectives are now available for free to educators and students at www.aptrweb.org/learningmodules. APTR, Temple University and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) launched the Public Health Learning Modules in 2013 to provide innovative teaching materials that are easily-accessible and easily integrated into existing curricula. The 18 Modules can be used individually to supplement an existing course or combined to create a stand-alone course for the education of undergraduate, graduate and/or professional students. Each module includes PowerPoint slides, video lectures, in-class activities, student assessments, and an instructor’s guide. Several modules include case studies to demonstrate practical use and associated challenges of implementing health policy to accomplish Healthy People 2020 goals.

The new Modules are:

7 - Mental Health: Children and Adolescents

15 - Oral Health Across the Lifespan

16 - Public Health Infrastructure in the United States: An Integrated System

]]>APTR ActivitiesWed, 8 Oct 2014 20:29:27 GMTAPTR releases revised Clinical Prevention and Popualtion Health Curriculum Frameworkhttp://www.aptrweb.org/news/195243/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/195243/APTR is pleased to announce the release of the revised Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework (CPPH Framework), a product of the interprofessional APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force established in 2002. Version three of the Framework consists of 4 components and 23 domains, with each domain including topic areas and illustrative examples.

Public Comment Period: The Task Force invites educators and the public to submit comments online through the APTR website by September 30, 2014.

The Framework offers a common core of knowledge for clinical health professions about individual and population-oriented prevention and health promotion efforts. Health professions educators are encouraged to review their curricula and requirements to ensure they include elements of the Framework.

The Framework provides:

Content outline that is compatible with a range of learning outcomes or competencies as determined by each health profession,

Structure for organizing and monitoring curriculum,

Structure for communicating within and among health professions.

The CPPH Framework was featured on a Healthy People 2020 Spotlight on Health Webinar titled, "Prevention and Population Health Education Across the Health Professions," which was co-sponsored by APTR and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). A recording of the event is available at: http://healthypeople.gov/2020/learn/webinarsArchive.aspx#aptr2014

APTR is pleased to release the Community Project Report detailing the achievements of the 2013 class of the Paul Ambrose Scholars Program. This program seeks to meet the current and future health needs of the public by providing mini-grant funds to implement a Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators project within a student's community or at their academic institution. Topic areas addressed by the 2013 class of scholars include:

Fellowship opportunities in
public health and preventive medicine interest areas are available with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the APTR Preventive Medicine and
Public Health Fellowship Program. Fellows will gain leadership experience
in public health practice and policy, access to state-of-the-art technology and
national databases, and will train with leading experts in the field of
preventive medicine and public health. Length of fellowship is typically
a one-year term.

Fellowship opportunities are
located either at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, or a CDC regional
office. Locations are specified in the project descriptions.
Selected fellows are required to relocate to the fellowship location;
relocation expenses are not provided.

1. Applicant
must be either a U.S. Citizen, non-citizen national, or foreign national
possessing a visa permitting permanent residence in the U.S. (Alien
Registration or "Green Card"). Student visas and temporary work visas
do not qualify.

2. Specific
academic credentials required vary by fellowship position. Most fellowships
require a doctoral, medical, or graduate degree. You must complete all required
graduate work by the beginning of the fellowship. Early career professionals
with graduate or doctoral degrees (within 5 years of graduation) may also
apply. These fellowships are open to all health professions disciplines.

3. There is
no membership requirement to apply. If you are awarded the fellowship, you must
be either (1) a student or graduate of an institutional academic member program
of APTR, or (2) be an individual member of APTR in good standing at the time of
award.

Opportunities for Cancer Prevention During Midlife ​​

The life experiences of midlife adults can place them at increased risk for cancer, especially for breast, colon, and lung cancers, as well as other leading chronic conditions, which are increasingly being recognized as linked to behaviors. AJPM's latest supplement, guest edited by Sarah Gehler, Dawn Holman, Mary C. White, Jane Henley, Lucy Pepkins and Donatus U. Ekwueme, highlights the importance of recognizing unique risk factors experienced by adults in midlife, or those between ages 45 and 64 years.

This supplement was supported by funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Cancer Prevention and Control through the CDC and the APTR Cooperative Agreement.

]]>ResourcesTue, 3 Jun 2014 18:43:54 GMTAPTR Announces the 2014-15 ODPHP Residentshttp://www.aptrweb.org/news/171964/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/171964/APTR announces the 2014-15 residents for the APTR-ODPHP Health Policy Residency Rotation Program.This program provides continuing field placements for Preventive Medicine and Primary Care residents based at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health within the Office
of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS).

The
APTR-ODPHP Health Policy Residency Rotation Program provides excellent
learning opportunities in Federal health policy for preventive medicine
and primary care residents. Residents witness federal health policy in
the making and consider the significant role of physicians in the
process. During the rotation, residents are encouraged to attend
meetings and briefings with high-level policy makers and other
prevention-related events which often occur in — and around —
Washington, DC.

Please join us in congratulating the future leaders in preventive medicine and population health:

The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program prepares
public health and clinical health professions students to address
population health challenges at the national and community level. This
program seeks to meet the current and future health needs of the public
by providing mini-grant funds to implement a Healthy People 2020 Leading
Health Indicators project
within a student's community or at their academic institution. Since
2002, more than 500 students from over 160 academic institutions have become Paul Ambrose Scholars.

]]>APTR ActivitiesTue, 29 Apr 2014 19:16:13 GMTNew Searchable Literature Compendium from the National Centerhttp://www.aptrweb.org/news/169892/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/169892/The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education recently made available a new collection of searchable peer-reviewed manuscripts on interprofessional
collaborative practice and interprofessional education.

What’s in the Literature Compendium?

254 papers on assessment or evaluation of an interprofessional education intervention

]]>ResourcesTue, 22 Apr 2014 19:39:31 GMTThe Community Guide Launches Toolbox Resourcehttp://www.aptrweb.org/news/169341/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/169341/The Community Preventive Services Task Force announced the launch of a new online resource. The Community Guide
Toolbox works hand-in-hand with The Community
Guide website to help public health practitioners apply evidence-based
intervention strategies. The Toolbox contains more than 20 tools for putting
the recommendations found in The Community Guide into practice.

The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community. Systematic reviews are used to answer these questions:

Which program and policy interventions have been proven effective?

Are there effective interventions that are right for my community?

What might effective interventions cost; what is the likely return on investment?

]]>ResourcesThu, 17 Apr 2014 15:29:44 GMTAHRQ Seeks Nomination of New Members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Forcehttp://www.aptrweb.org/news/168981/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/168981/The Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) welcomes nominations for new members
to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force). Each year, the
Director of AHRQ appoints new members to serve 4-year terms and replace those
who are completing their service. To learn more about the nomination process,
how to nominate an individual for consideration, or how to self-nominate,
please visit www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tfnominfo.htm. Nominations must be
received by Thursday, May 15, 2014 to be considered for appointment with an
anticipated start date of January 2015.

Qualified
candidates must demonstrate expertise and national leadership in clinical
prevention, the critical evaluation of research, and the implementation of
evidence-based recommendations in clinical practice. In addition, AHRQ seeks
candidates who have experience in public health, the reduction of health
disparities, the application of science to health policy, and the communication
of findings to health care professionals, policy makers, and the general
public.

To maintain
balance in the expertise among members, this year, AHRQ is actively seeking the
nomination of individuals from the field of family medicine. Individuals
nominated prior to May 15, 2013 who continue to have interest in serving on the
Task Force should be re-nominated.

The Task
Force works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based
recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings,
counseling services, and preventive medications. More information on the Task
Force is available at www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org.

The
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) is pleased to announce
the 2014 APTR award winners.Each year,
APTR honors individuals and academic programs that have contributed greatly to
the field of preventive medicine and population health.The awards were presented at the annual
awards luncheon on Friday, March 20, 2014 during the APTR annual meeting,
TEACHING PREVENTION 2014: Convergence of Technology, Innovation &Collaboration in Washington, DC.

These distinguished
individuals and programs have advanced the field of prevention and public
health education by exemplifying the goal of advancing education and serving
the community. The
2014 award recipients

Duncan Clark Award

Presented to a senior-level person with a distinguished record of
achievement in the areas of teaching, research and/or advocacy in the
field of public health and preventive medicine. This award is named
after a founding member of the association.

Jas Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MSProfessor of Medicine

University of Minnesota Medical School Executive Director, Center for Health EquityAssociate Director, Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteDirector, Research Education, Training and Career Development

F. Marian Bishop Educator of the Year Award

Recognizes teachers who have contributed to the instruction of students
or residents in the field of public health and preventive medicine. In
reviewing the nominations, APTR membership and accomplishments related
to teaching are considered. Accomplishments related to research are also
considered.

Outstanding Educational Program Award

Honors innovative programs, department or academic institutions for
their involvement in advancing undergraduate or graduate medical
education in prevention and public health which furthers students
interest in the discipline.

The MD-MPH Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillAnthony J. Viera, MD, MPHUNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthDirector, Health Care & Prevention MPH Public Health Leadership Program Distinguished Associate ProfessorDepartment of Family Medicine

View Outstanding Program Awardees]]>APTR ActivitiesTue, 1 Apr 2014 17:40:56 GMTAPTR Urges Congress to Restore HRSA Fundinghttp://www.aptrweb.org/news/166516/
http://www.aptrweb.org/news/166516/We are deeply concerned that since FY 2010, HRSA’s discretionary budget authority has been cut by 19 percent in nominal dollars and 25 percent when adjusted for inflation. Our nation’s ability to deliver essential public health services and a capable public health workforce are essential for a healthy and thriving population that can translate into a productive workforce and reduced health care costs. While the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 provided modest and temporary relief from sequestration, austerity measures remain firmly in place.